Stitches out!

Yay - the stitches are finally out!  Took around an hour, the nurse and I didn't count them but feel in retrospect that we should have considering how long it took.  Definitely at least 5 per toe plus a good row on the heel and the first metatarsal and a few carelessly scattered ones around the ankle.

The whole thing was still very puffy so it didn't look that great but I was reassured once more by the nurse that this is perfectly normal, it has been only two weeks afterall.  However, it spurred me on into some cleaning action.  One of my first jobs when I got home was to go gently over the whole area with some cleansing wipes (the Simple ones from Boots) which took off some horrible coloured gunk!  I allowed the foot 10 minutes or so of breathing time during which I did my best to gently massage things to encourage the flow of stuff back up to where it should be.  I finally applied a layer of Bio-oil to those scars that looked the neatest and let it gets some air for around 20 minutes.   While I haven't managed to reach the heel yet that is my task for later in the evening.

Overall feeling a lot more comfy now all the plasters/extra bandaging has come off although not necessarily happier with the look of the thing!  Soon, I'm sure, it will look like a beautiful foot.  In the meantime its back to some weight bearing exercises...